page_title: Alfa Romeo 4C
section_title: Powertrain and performance
hierarchical_section_title: Alfa Romeo 4C / Specifications / Powertrain and performance
caption_attribution_description: English: Geneva MotorShow 2013 - Alfa-Romeo engine Italiano: il Motore, Alfa Romeo 4 cilindri 1750 TBi (Turbo Benzina a iniezione diretta) da 240 cv, in alluminio della Alfa Romeo 4C esposto al Salone dell'automobile di Ginevra 2013
context_page_description: The Alfa Romeo 4C is a mid-engined, lightweight, rear-wheel drive sports car. Available in coupé and spider body style, it uses a carbon fiber tub, front and rear crash box, and hybrid rear subframe mainly out of aluminum to keep weight at 895 kilograms and 1,050 kilograms in the United States. The 4C is Alfa Romeo's first mass-produced vehicle of the 21st century to re-enter the North American automotive market.
context_section_description: The 4C uses a new all-aluminium 1.75 L (1,742 cc) inline 4 cylinder turbocharged engine producing 240 metric horsepower (177 kW) at 6000 rpm. The engine has been designed for minimum weight. The engine's combined fuel consumption 6.8 litres per 100 kilometres (42 mpg‑imp; 35 mpg‑US).
  0–62 mph (0–100 km/h) acceleration is achieved in 4.5 seconds and the top speed is 258 kilometres per hour (160 mph), the power-to-weight-ratio being just 0.267 hp/kg (8.22 lb/hp). A journalist from Quattroruote car magazine demonstrated how the 4C accelerates from 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) faster than 4.5 seconds. In race mode, with left foot on the brake pedal, if you pull the right shift paddle the engine will rev to 3500 rpm, but if you also pull the left paddle the engine will rev to 6000 rpm and 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) time will go down to 4.2 seconds.
  Italian car magazine Quattroruote published the lap time of 4C around Nürburgring. It lapped the ring in 8:04.
  The 4C is equipped with a six speed Alfa TCT Dual Dry Clutch Transmission, and can be operated via gearshift paddles on the steering wheel. It also has an Alfa 'DNA' dynamic control selector which controls the behavior of engine, brakes, throttle response, suspension and gearbox. In addition to the modes already seen in Giulietta, the 4C has a new "Race" mode.
caption: 4 cylinder 1750 TBi (direct injection turbo)
exif: {"Image SubfileType": "Reduced-resolution image", "Image Make": "PENTAX", "Image Model": "PENTAX K-5 II", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "GIMP 2.8.4", "Image DateTime": "2013:08:09 19:14:49", "Image Artist": "", "Image Copyright": "", "Image ExifOffset": "246", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/200", "EXIF FNumber": "9/2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Unidentified", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "2500", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0210", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2013:03:06 13:17:30", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2013:03:06 13:17:30", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "28", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "42", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Hard", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Hard", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "2"}